by Dr. Rick Goodman | Dec 29, 2015 | Business Success, Continuing Education, Personal Development, Personal Success
For many attorneys, making partner is a major career milestone—if not the major career milestone. Certainly, it affirms that all of your hard work has been in service of something. You put in your hours at law school, you studied hard for the Bar, you did good work at...
by Dr. Rick Goodman | Dec 28, 2015 | Continuing Education, Customer Service, Sales & Branding, Sales Success
In the early days of Facebook, business owners could gain visibility for their brand—and communicate freely with their clients and customers—simply by posting status updates or good, informative content. Nowadays, things aren’t quite so simple. Businesses can still...
by Dr. Rick Goodman | Dec 16, 2015 | Continuing Education, Customer Service
Practicing law is high-stakes and high-intensity—which means that when things go wrong, the law firm can start to feel like a sinking ship. The natural tendency is to panic, but of course, that’s not at all a productive way to deal with the issues your firm is facing....
by Dr. Rick Goodman | Dec 9, 2015 | Business Success, Continuing Education, Sales & Branding, Sales Success
Accounting firms are routinely listed among the most promising, most potentially successful startups in existence—and it’s not hard to understand why. All companies need accounting work done, but not all of them can afford to do that accounting in-house. It’s too...
by Dr. Rick Goodman | Dec 3, 2015 | Business Success, Continuing Education, Human Resources, Personal Development
Here’s a no-brainer: High stress levels are bad for morale. If your team members are constantly anxious and frazzled, they’re not going to be as energetic or productive in their work. They’re not going to be as motivated or creative. And your retention levels won’t be...